Culinary utensil



Mar 13, 1923. I 1,448,296 I. M. HEATH CULINARY UTEN-SIL Filed May 22, 1922 Patented Mar. 13, 1923.

UNITED To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IDA M. HEATH, a

State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Culinary Utensils, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention'relates to a culinary utensil which may be used as a flour sifter, a fruit colander and for other like purposes.

It is the object of the present invention to provide an inexpensive and simplified de vice of the character referred to, constructed in such manner that different screens or sieves of varying mesh may be used interchangeably in the same device. A further object of the invention is to so construct the device that all of its parts may be completely and readily disassembled and reassembled, which feature facilitates cleaning of the parts as well as repair or substitution thereof. Structural features pertaining to assembly,

' the particular type of agitator used and other combinations and arrangement of parts are hereinafter more fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device;

Figure 2 is a cross section 22 of Figure 1; m

Figure 3 is a plan view of the agitator detached showing the twisted blades.

Describing in detail A represents a sifting device composed of upper and lower sections B and C respectively, detachably hinged to each other at D'. The upper sec.- tion B is provided with a handle B,'the lower end of which is secured adjacent the loweredge of the section and provided with an upturned tongue B The lower on the line section has its upper edge bent about a wire 7 .0 except at one point where the wire is bent up-to form a loop C through which the tongue B is inserted. This tongue engaging the loop forms said hinge D as shown inFigure 2. Diametrically opposite from the hinge is alatch E for holding the two sections tightly. together when the device is in use. Thislatch comprises a bracket F riveted, soldered or otherwise secured to the lower section C and near the upper edge thereof. A small lever F, preferably formed of wire,- is pivotally mounted on Application filed May 22,

CULINARY TENsIL.

1922. Serial No. 562,742.

and carries a wire loop F also pivotally mounted at F Directly above the bracket the section B is provided wlth atongue G over which the wire F? is placed before the lever F is pressed down to lock the sections together. 'This wire F 3 said bracket at is slightly bent near its pivot to prevent the latch from accidental release when thelever F is pressed allthe way'down,

While it is proposed to put the presentin vention upon the market in the form of a set including the device itse'lf with a sieve of medium' mesh therein and two extra strainers or sieves of fine and heavy mesh respectively. The T following illustration will suflice as to the construction ofthe sieves, as each are the same except as to the size of the mesh used. H represents a bowl shaped sieve having a slightly curved rim H adapted to set snugly over the upper IDA M. HEATH, or SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

rolled rim of. the lower section C. -When the sections are locked togetherthe lower edge of the sectionB' whichis also'curved will fit tightly over the curvedrim' H of the sieve which in turn snugly fits the rolled upper rim of the lower section C thus form ing a relatively tight joint between the parts and securely clamping the sieve in position. The agitator I 1s so constructed as to press .the contents it engages against the; mesh'of the, sieve and at the same time breakup the mass and. move it toward the centerof the device. My agitator comprises opposed dished disks J and J" provided with a threaded and non-threaded central aperture respectively. I To these disks are secured diametrically opposed convex blades These blades are stamped out of metaland so fashioned to present a curved bodyportion' K from which extend spaced projec-v tions or teeth K To-stir up'and propelrthe material to the center of the device one half of these teeth K on each blade, are twisted at opposite angles sothathalf of the teeth on each blade have atendency, upon'ro-ta-l tion of the agitator, to move the mass toward the oppositewall of the device. The blades may be secured in any convenient way to the disks. J- and J but as shown have theirends extending through slits cut therein at L.

To secure the proper positioning ofthe.

agitator in the demos the upper section B is provided with diametrically opposed apertures M which are adapted to align with the apertures in the disks J and J respectively when the proper relation'between the parts is-established. A rod N threaded at one end and provided with a bent over handle portion N at its other end is adapted to be inserted through the aligned, apertures to form a fulcrum for the agitator, the threaded end engaging the threaded aperture in the disk J and extending through the adj acent aperture in the section B which forms a bearing therefor. In this position rotation lo-of the handle N will also rotate the agitator.

With the construction thus far described assembly of the device is as follows: First the agitator is formed into a unit and se-.

cured in theupper section B as brought out in the preceding paragraph. Then the sieve having the desired size mesh is placed in the lower section C so that its flanged edge will fit over the rolled upper edge of 2 the section C. The upper section is then hinged to the. lower one by inserting the tongue B through the loop C of the wire C. To look the sections together the upper section is first properly positioned so that its lower edge will rest flush with the curved edge of the sieve when the wire loop F is placed over the tongueG' and the handle F pressed downward. This will draw the sections tightly together and lock them so until the handle is moved upward to such a position as will bring the pivot of the wire loop F past the fulcrum of' rthe handle F. A cover :0 is then placed upon the upper section. Whenever it is desired to use a different sieve it is only necessary to unlatch the sections and rock them apart upon the hinge D to a position which will permit of withdrawing the sieve therein and substituting the desired sieve in its place.

40 The invention as described comprises a relatively small number of parts which may be readily fashioned and assembled or completely taken apart.

What I claim asmy invention is 1. A. culinary utensil comprising a container formed of upper and lower sections respectively hingedly secured to each other, a sieve'adapted to be secured between said sections, a latch member adapted to locksaid sect ons together, comprising a struckout projectionon one of said sections and a member. pivotally secured to the other of said sections and adapted to engage said projection, and an agitator rotatably m0unt ed upon one of said sections. 1 j i 2. A culinary utensil comprising a con- 'tainer formed of upper and lower sections respectively'hingedly secured to each other, the upper'edge of said lower section being rolled and the lower edge of said upper section being slightly curved, a sieve provided with a peripheral curved flange adapted to fit over said rolled edge and "form a seat for the curved edge of said upper section and means for locking said sections upon said sieve to form a tight joint therebetween.

A culinary utensil comprising a container formed of upper and lower sections respectively, a handle secured to one of said sections and terminating at one end in a bent over tongue portion, a wire secured adjacent the abutting edge of the other section and bent to form a loop for receiving said tongue,

a latch member at the opposite side of said sections for securely holding and locking said sections upon one another.

LA culinary utensil comprising a container formed of upper and lower sect-ions respectively, upturned tongue portions at the lower edge of said upper, section and wire loops secured" adjacent the upper edge of said lower section and in alignment with said tongue portions, said wire loops being adapted to engage said. tongue portions to form a hinge, and a'latch respectively for said sections.

5. A culinary utensil comprising a con tainer formed of upper and lower" sections hingedly secured to each other, a sieve secured between said sections, an agitator rotatably mounted in one of said sections and comprising a curved blade adapted to press the contents of said container against said sieve and spaced curved teeth on said blades half of each set of which are adapted to propel the mass of contents toward the center of the container when the agitator is actuated.

6. A. culinary utensil comprising a con tainer formed of two sections having curved abutting edges overlapping each other, and hingedly secured to each other, a latch carried by said sections and adapted. to hold. them tightly together, a sieve having a curved poripheralportion adapted to 'be secured between the curved abutting edges of said sections and an-agitator detachably secured to one of said sections.

7. A culinary utensil comprising a contai'ner formed of two sections hingedly secured together and adapted to be swung apart sufficiently to permit of insertion or withdrawal of a sieveeleinent therebetween, means upon the ace-nt edges of Said sec 'tions for engaging the edge of said sieve, a diametricallyopposed latch and hinge respectively forsecurely clamping said edges together to form a tight joint therebetween, an agitator, and means engaging said agitator and extending through the casing of one 0]": said sections to form amounting and actuating means'therefor,

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

I IDA HEATH. 

